Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Matt's coworker Kelsey gave me the recipe for red beans and rice in a slow cooker last week and I made it tonight! I think this may become a "regular" in our house…it's everything you could love in a meal - quick and easy, cheap, and VERY tasty! And most of all - I LOVE cooking with a crock pot…you can throw everything in it in the morning and by late afternoon your house smells wonderful and your dinner is waiting on you!

Soak kidney beans overnight. Combine beans, tomatoes, carrots, onion, salt and pepper (I also added a little Zatarans creole seasoning), and 6 cups water in crock pot and cook on low for 8+ hours. An hour or so before eating, slice sausage and bake on cookie sheet at 375 for about 8 minutes. Add to crock pot. Serve over rice. Excellent with tabasco and Ritz crackers crumbled on top (I didn't do this, but I put a little parsley on top).

Do you have any recipes that you make in a crock pot that you like? PLEASE - send them my way! I need more ideas:)

Not really a recipe for a crock pot meal...but something I like to do with my crockpot that saves time and $ is to put a whole chicken in it in the morning (I season the chicken with olive oil, thyme, s & p), stuff the cavity of the chicken with chuncks of onion, carrot and celery, or whatever you have on hand and just let it cook on low all day. You can serve the meat as is with your fav. sides, or chop to freeze and use in casseroles/soups. Then, add about 6 cups of water to the juices in the pot left from the cooked chicken and let sit overnight on "warm" and you have chicken stock for your freezer! I can't wait to try to red beans and rice...looks good!

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I am a southern girl who spent the last 5 years living in Chicago and have finally moved back "home" to our little barrier island off the coast of Georgia. I am a follower of Christ, wife to my high school sweetheart Matt, and momma to my 2 precious kiddos Will (4) and Liza (1). I love diet coke, hydrangeas, blue and white china, photography, a good book, and peanut butter m&ms.